Excitation energies of strontium mono-hydroxide bands measured in flames

Experiments are described to yield more decisive information about the excitation energies of visible strontium monohydroxide bands appearing in flames. Excitation energy differences are derived directly from the ratio of thermal band intensities measured as a function of temperature. Absolute excitation energies are derived from the temperature dependence of the ratio of thermal band to strontium line intensity, while assuming a value for the dissociation energy of SrOH. Flames with temperatures ranging from 1907 to 2886 K were used. A level diagram is proposed for the strontium bands at 6060, 6470, 6690, and 6820 Å. From the results obtained, two conclusions may be drawn: (i) the bands considered are non-resonance bands and (ii) the uncertainty in the excitation energy as a result of the unknown molecular configuration is 0·25 eV.     

A theoretical model for core-annular flow of a very viscous oil core and a water annulus through a horizontal pipe

A theoretical model has been developed for core-annular flow of a very viscous oil core and a water annulus through a horizontal pipe. Special attention was paid to understanding how the buoyancy force on the core, resulting from any density difference between the oil and water, is counterbalanced. This problem was simplified by assuming the oil viscosity to be so high that any flow inside the core may be neglected and hence that there is no variation of the profile of the oil-water interface with time. In the model the core is assumed to be solid and the interface to be a solid/liquid interface.By means of the hydrodynamic lubrication theory it has been shown that the ripples on the interface moving with respect to the pipe wall can generate pressure variations in the annular layer. These result in a force acting perpendicularly on the core, which can counterbalance the buoyancy effect.To check the validity of the model, oil-water core-annular flow experiments have been carried out in a 5.08 cm and an 20.32-cm pipeline. Pressure drops measured have been compared with those calculated with the aid of the model. The agreement is satisfactory.     

Sideband and quantum-beat measurements with129mTe and57Co sources

Sideband intensities and quantum beats were measured for recoillessly emitted gamma rays as a function of the vibration frequency of quartz crystals on which sources of^129mTe and⁵⁷Co were deposited. At most frequencies a low degree of coherence of the vibrations of the source nuclei was observed.     

Chemical synthesis of diphosphorylated lipid a derivatives

The application of two new phosphorylation procedures enabled us to synthesize an analog of Lipid A.     

Interactions between colloidal particles in simple shear flow

Recent progress in experimental and theoretical developments dealing with colloidal. interactions between two spheres in shear flow is reviewed. A systematic comparison is made between spheres suspended in simple electrolyte and in cationic polyelectrolye solutions. Microrheological observations, performed with the traveling microtube, make an in-depth investigation possible of the colloidal forces and the mechanisms of polymer bridge formation. Reasons are discussed for the often-observed aging of colloidal aggregates. Finally, coagulation rates are presented for systems with weak and strong Brownian motion. It is shown that the often-used assumption of additivity of the ortho- and perikinetic coagulation rates is incorrect.     

Continuous titrations in ultramicrodeterminations

Problems in scaling-down procedures of chemical analysis are generally stated. Titrations are to be preferred over single measurements. Continuous titration in a titration system may help in solving the stated problems. Detection is easy and may be done by simple electrodes. Illustrations from the authors' practice are given.     

Rapidity density distributions in antiproton-proton collisions

Data on the density of charged particles in rapidity space for annihilation and non-annihilation p?p interactions at 7.3 and 12 GeV/c are reported. It is shown that the central rapidity density for non-annihilation processes is a simple linear function of $\text{ln}\text{(}\text{s}\text{)}$ from these low energies up to p?p collider energies ($\text{s}\text{=540}\text{GeV}$). Significant differences in density distributions for p?p and e^?e⁺ annihilations at comparable energies are found.     

The reaction 36S(p, γ)37Cl: (II). Lifetimes,spins and parities of 37Cl levels

Analysis of the γ-ray angular distributions measured at 16 ³⁶S(p, γ)³⁷Cl resonances yields the spins and/or parities of 21 bound states of ³⁷Cl in addition to the resonance spins. Among the latter are four $\text{J =}\text{1}\text{2}$ resonances. For several other bound states the possible spins have been restricted. Multipolarity mixing ratios have been deduced from the same data. Lifetimes (or lifetime limits) of 29 bound states have been deduced from DSA measurements.This extensive experimental information allows a comparison with the results of a shell-model calculation for both the even- and odd-parity states of ³⁷Cl. In this calculation either zero, one or two particles are promoted from the 2s_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} or 1d_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} to the 1f_{$\text{7}\text{2}$} or 2p_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} subshells. Up to an excitation energy of about 5 MeV a one-to-one correspondence is found between experimental and calculated levels.